Yes It Is

Written and Recorded in 1989

As I have gained some experiences in writing pieces of music, a certain notion became clearer to me that to create a well organised Prog Rock tune with its length from six to eight minute long would be one of the most challenging things to do for me. In that sense, I admired a British Prog Rock band called Yes as one of the most successful examples in this particular form of composing style, from some of their landmark achievements such as Roundabout and Siberian Khatru. When I finished demo recording of this tune, I thought I have managed to create one of the successful examples in this sense and decided to call it in this fashion to express my homage to the main source of inspiration and influence. Also, I would like to point out that the idea to use delay effects on the electric piano part was inspired from Jeff Beck’s Blow by Blow album, one of my favourites at that time, though every keyboard part was actually played by a portable mini-key in this recording.

Finally, I would like to apologise for the bad quality of the audio track, caused by damages to the original cassette tape.